iPhone 4s Car Bluetooth Audio Source Issues

I have the same problems with my new Honda Odyseey Touring. I took it into the dealer today and they said the bluetooth worked fine with every oter phone they tried it with. I got in the car and was no more than one minute into a call and the car forgot that my phone was connected mid-call, a few seconds later, my phone was found again and I could again hear the call. It happened two other times and then I started holding my phone, just in case. As long as I helpd my phone, the bluetooth stayed connecteed. Weird.

APPLE NEEDS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. It is unsafe and illegal to talk on cellphones in Delaware without bluetooth.

I have this problem with both a 07 mercedes and the 2010 Kenwood deck in my truck. Incoming calls go to phone, I have to change audio source and then it will "usually' go to car's bluetooth. Outgoing calls hop onto bluetooth 95% of the time. There are times when the phone will refuse to change sources (to the car's audio) even when paired.

I will give the default source option few days to see how it shakes out.

I have finally solved the Bluetooth problem with my 4S and my 2011 GMC Sierra. I was having another unrelated problem with my phone's ability to make regular outgoing calls so I took it to the Apple store and talked them into replacing the phone with a new one. It's been two weeks and I have not had a single issue since. I wanted to wait and try it out for a bit before reporting to make sure it wasn't going to start up at some point. I have used the Bluetooth feature every day (including hands-free dialing and Siri) and have not had a single problem. Obviously still using the same OS version so it has to be a hardware glitch of some sort. Good luck to everyone else!

My problem has always been toggling between phone and music. If I don't play music from my phone I am fine. If I do, I lose the phone connection.

With iOS5 it can no longer recognize two separate Bluetooth connections from the same device.

It is not my phone because it is the same phone I had before the update.

Is anyone else having that specific problem?

I have the exact same issue on my Audi A1 :( thanks for sharing the tip about Siri, I'll give it a go next time I'm out, fingers crossed! :)

Add Nissan to the list of cars. I have a 2008 Nissan Sentra and an Iphone 4. The Bluetooth system worked great until a couple of months ago when I started experiencing calls that would revert back to the phone. Now, the phone and the car tell me everything is paired but I cannot get audio. I tried to delete and re-pair without success. I cannot get the car to receive keypad inputs, either after the phone is paired.

I also have a bluetooth receiver connected to the stereo and I cannot connect to that either. My wife has a 4S phone and she can. We both are using OS5. I have not tried her phone in my car.

I'm having a similar issue, both my wife and I have iPhone 4s's. It's only my phone that has issues connecting to Bluetooth call when in coming in our 2010 jetta. My wife's phone connects no problems.

My phone doesn't show any audio sources when a call comes in, I can only talk through the phone.

Both phones have the same software, nothing is different between them.

Any ideas what could cause the issue or what I could do.

I am having the same issue. When I was in my car bluetooth would work, but when I was outside the car (the car was off) my phone does not work, I can make and recieve calls, but they cannot hear me. I resolved this by turning off the phone and back on. However it constaintly fails when using bluetooth acura mdx 2008 then using the phone outside the car.

It does not matter if Sri is on or off.

Do you think that some 4s has problems and other 4s are ok? I have 4s with ios 5.01 and model is (MD258B) and serial start is: C39GQ. Can i try changing my 4s in an apple store? I'm from Rome, Italy....sorry for my english 🙂

I have the same issue, iPhone 4S with new Chevy Captiva in Thailand. iOS 4 worked flawlessly - still does with my wife's iPhone 4; but when I updated iPhone 3GS to new iOS 5.1 - Bluetooth wouldn't work. Then I had the bright idea to buy iPhone 4S and the bluetooth still doesnt connect. I have to believe that iOS 5.1 has a problem in BT protocol.

Please Apple if you're reading this - fix this problem..

I was at an Apple Store yesterday and was told that they know there are Bluetooth issues and they are working on them.

Not sure that makes any of us feel better. It has been a while!

I was at an Apple Store in ROME and they gave me a new phone 4S 64 black. I replaced it my backup....and all il OK!!! So....there is an hardware problem in some 4S. Apple store can give a new phone whithout paying. FREE. 🙂

I turned my phone in and got a new phone and so far, I havne't had any of the audio source or bluetooth problems, seems to be working fine.

Obviously a different problem. I got a new phone this week and the problem still exists. I cannot have both my phone and my music on the phone connected at the same time.

So, if I want to listen to music, I will not get phone calls. To use the phone I have to disconnect the audio.

THIS WAS NOT THE CASE UNTIL 5.0 was released. It worked perfectly with a 3G and a 4 until then. Now using a new 4 and it has been a problem with both 4 models.

I've had this issue since receiving my iPhone 4S in October. Since then I have rebuilt my phone and also had it swapped out twice. I'm now on my third phone and the issue is still pertinent. No idea if hardware or software but its extremely annoying!!